“My favourite piece is my secrecy cloak that prevents anyone from seeing what I’m wearing. There’s a hood, and a robe – it protects the image.

Elizabeth Olsen at Cannes

“I don’t think Joss [Whedon] ever would have hired me, honestly, if he wanted me to wear those [comic book] outfits. I am not a professional athlete and nor am I a model. Wearing those costumes wouldn’t be fun for anyone who wasn’t those things.

“He already had a different idea. It respects and involves the comic-book character, but it’s different, more rooted. It’s for someone today…

“If someone walked around wearing what she wore in the comics, people would stop and say, ‘What the hell… she thinks she’s a superhero!'”